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Title: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on October 06, 2018, 06:43:52 PM
Just came in. 1978 C2 with 24.000 km.
Needs some TLC, big service etc.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: JamesH on October 06, 2018, 06:47:29 PM
Lovely looking machine Uli. They look just right...
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: paul G on October 06, 2018, 06:58:10 PM
Nice one Uli just like mine  ;D ;D
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on October 06, 2018, 07:14:42 PM
 :D

Bike came with a Moto Italia fairing (painted in stardust silver), Tomaselli and sport footpeg. And a white Giuliari (already sold in eBay). Not sure what I do with that stuff.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on October 06, 2018, 07:17:52 PM
Paul, where do you buy parts for her?
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: paul G on October 06, 2018, 07:23:50 PM
Paul, where do you buy parts for her?
https://www.z-power.co.uk/
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: paul G on October 06, 2018, 07:28:50 PM
Did a guy called Charlie buy the seat.
He is nuts on them and Alpha exhausts ;)
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on October 06, 2018, 07:46:16 PM
No it sold here in G.

I was surprised, sold within a few hours at 125€.
I always thought white Giuliari look, well yes ....you know it.


Thanks for the link.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on December 01, 2018, 06:53:36 PM
Been asked to swap the Z650C with a CB500four. Sitting in a warm garage since years. Needs wake-up.

What do you think?
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: JamesH on December 01, 2018, 07:24:48 PM
Personally uli I would keep the z650....


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Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Laverda Dave on December 01, 2018, 07:41:00 PM
I'm with James. The Honda is very nice but the 650 just looks right.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Rozabikes Tim on December 01, 2018, 07:42:45 PM
Come on lads can't talk like that on a Honda site! ;)
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on December 01, 2018, 09:43:36 PM
Cant decide. Love them both. Had a CB500 when I was 20.

How is the market for both?

For Z650 here is hard. For sellers.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Seabeowner on December 02, 2018, 09:27:27 AM
Another vote for the 650, from a 500/550 owner now and a past 650 owner (35 years ago). I'd have one if I was younger/stronger.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Bryanj on December 02, 2018, 11:47:37 AM
That tank makes it a late 500 but if the exhausts are good i would say the Honda has a higher value(and cheaper parts).
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on December 02, 2018, 12:06:01 PM
She’s a 75 or 76 with the bigger Tacho/speedo. Pipes are good.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: SumpMagnet on December 02, 2018, 12:18:32 PM
If the Zed was a B model....then it would be a no brainer.

The later C's are less sought after. For me...I would have to ditch the stock pipe for an old skool Harris 4-1, add a 2-4 seat and paint the wheels flourescent orange. Renthal bars. Could be made to look really sweet, but in stock trim they are a bit less pretty. Only had B's myself....one of which had a Gpz750 motor in place of the stock 650 lump.

I know the 500 would be slower....but it looks really pretty....even in brown...
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: AshimotoK0 on December 02, 2018, 12:29:16 PM
It always amazes me that the Z650, particularly the  B1 model has never risen steeply in value.
I had a B1 once but being a Honda man through and through somebody saw it in my garage and offered me reasonable money for it, which I took and gladly embarked on a Honda 400/4 resto (the one I still own). But looking back it was a really lovely designed bike in terms of bullet proof engine, handling etc. I bet if Kawasaki had made it a four piper instead  of 4 into 2 it would be an entirely different story today as it would genuinely have been deemed a baby Z1. The Z1 four pipes have to be the most beautiful looking set of 4 into 4 pipes on any bike IMHO.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: royhall on December 02, 2018, 01:55:25 PM
Parts for the Honda are about half the price of the Z, but that said the Kawasaki still has my vote.
Title: Re: Kawasaki Z650C
Post by: Sgt.Pinback on December 04, 2018, 10:03:44 PM
Deal done. My mate, a serious Kawa collector, desperately wanted that 650 and  swap with his CB500Four.

Done that because the CB has 48hp which is the max. power for beginners and I will give her to my daughter when she does her license.

The “agio” is a CB350K (with drum brake, I think it’s a K2 or K3), rolling chasis with engine in pieces. Hope everything is there in the boxes and the engine is not toast.
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